PAYDAY 3
by Starbreeze Studios · 21 Sep, 2023
190 downloads
About the Game
Step out of retirement back into the life of crime in the shoes of the Payday Gang, the envy of their peers and the nightmare of law-enforcement wherever they go. Several years after the crew’s reign of terror over Washington DC has ended, they assemble once again to deal with the threat that roused them out of early retirement.
The legendary Payday Crew, dreaded by the law and underworld alike, is back. Ripped from their peaceful retirement to rejoin the criminal world by a new threat, one born from the chaos the Crew left in their wake.
In order to identify and crush this new threat, the Crew is leaving their Washington DC roots behind them and moving to New York City. A new location will bring with it new challenges, but also new opportunities for a heister with a plan.
Give outlet to your greed and let loose in PAYDAY 3. In addition to gold, cash and jewelry and any other valuables they might come across, you’ll be able to build a sizable collection of weapons, cosmetics and accolades.
It won’t be as simple as showing up and gaining goodies. You’ll have to work hard and plan smart to get away with as much loot as possible. Gain experience, unlock new skills and gain proficiency in weapons to steadily grow your power to handle the tougher challenges.
A professional heister knows it takes planning, hard work and a good amount of luck in order to execute a successful heist. In PAYDAY 3 the choice is put in the hands of the players, deciding how to tackle the heist, whether you sneak or go in guns blazing, whether you let your hostages go or keep them around as pawns, whether you go at it alone or bring friends. The choices are endless and in your hands, they will vastly change how the game plays.
Not just anyone is worthy of standing at your side for something as important as a heist. Likewise, PAYDAY 3 is best enjoyed with close friends in mind, whether you bring them from your childhood or make them along the road.
The PAYDAY-series has always valued the bonds made through hardship and tries to reflect that in the actions and words of our heisters while in the game, and through our community while on the outside.
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Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Hello heisters!
We are now rolling out a new Hotfix to address some of the issues that came up with the 3.5 Update, including the contracts for the collaboration items.
As the hotfix is deployed, it may take longer for some platforms to receive the update, but all platforms will be updated today.
Changelog
Changed the fouth challenge in the PUBG collaboration contract from Boys in Blue (Hard+) to 99 Boxes (Hard+)
Fixed the Devastator Overkill Weapon perk not triggering correctly.
Adjusted the assault wave length on Turbid Station to prevent them ending too quickly.
Fixed the Berserker perk for The Sociopath Overkill Weapon not properly giving players health.
Fixed the issue causing the Interceptor Overkill Weapon to not appear for some players.
Turbid Station
Normalized the duration of the police retreat phase between assault waves to prevent very short breaks between waves.
Adjusted the assault wave length to prevent them ending too quickly.
Have a great weekend!
Today's update fixes issues that have been discovered since the release of Update 3.4 earlier this week.
Fixed the progression issues for The Sociopath OVERKILL weapon
Added the addition of the “Teammate Suspicion Detection” User Interface setting to the 3.4 Changelog
Change to 'Advanced' to show a detection meter above teammates while in Stealth, when they are in line of sight of a guard or camera
No Rest for the Wicked
Fixed progression being blocked when using the “Equipment Dead Drop” favor with the thermal lance entry method
Fixed an issue displaying the wrong icons in the weapon modification interface
Prevented a crash in the DLC store interface on Steam
Prevented a crash that could occur if players were taken into custody after throwing a smoke grenade
Fixed Infamous Rewards gained from completing PAYDAY 2 Milestones not appearing correctly in player inventories
Have a great weekend, heisters!
We've released a hotfix for PAYDAY 3 to fix several issues found since the release of Update 3.1.
No downtime is required, simply update and play!
Changes
Increased headshot damage and lowered ammo pickup on the RG5
Fixed an issue preventing successful escape when the Nobleman Lounge is the main objective, if doing objectives out of order
Fixed a crash that could happen to the game's host, if all other players leave the lobby in the results screen
Fixed an issue preventing additional thermite from spawning in the Nobleman Lounge
Update 2.4 is now available for PAYDAY 3, and fixes various issues that have been discovered since the release of the Delivery Charge Heist update.
UI
Added a HUD indicator to show if a player or crew AI is carrying a bag.
Prevented the HUD distance icon from blocking the thermal drill display panel.
Fixed instances of C-Stack amounts displayed on the result screen, sometimes not matching what the player receives.
Prevented the game from displaying a prompt informing the player they are "not the party leader" while playing solo.
Prevented the tutorial popup from showing after having completed the tutorial for new players.
Prevented the text chat in solo mode from retaining the previous messages text when typing a new message.
Gameplay
Prevented players from getting stuck on interactable vault doors, for example in the combat tutorial.
Prevented the armor buff from the Arges M135 OVERSKILL from persisting after being taken into, and released from, custody.
Prevented some doors, like vault and container doors, from opening the wrong way. This could show itself as guards getting pushed in the opposite direction if pushed by an opening door.
Prevented enemies from being stunlocked by repeated melee attacks.
Technical Changes
Fixed an issue where the contents of the Heavy Hitter Pack and Assassin Pack would sometimes be locked for Year 1 Pass owners on Steam.
Fixed the "Secure X bags" daily challenge so that it will progress regardless of which player secures the bags.
Fixed throwing knives becoming unavailable for the rest of the game if getting shocked by a zapper mid-throw.
Fixed an issue so activating the Sociopath overkill weapon would not replace another overkill weapon.
Fixed a crash that could occur when pressing the ready button in a lobby.
Fixed an issue that caused the Techie to spawn but not send out any drones.
Prevented a conflict that could occur if two actions were bound to the same button, sometimes preventing either action for the duration of the game.
Fixed an issue where weapons in the inventory would sometimes get replaced by modified versions of preset weapons.
Fixed silencers sometimes not being equipped by default for new players.
Fixed a rare crash that could occur in the main menu when returning to the login screen.
Fixed the main menu character model becoming transparent when toggling between loadouts and character preferences.
Fixed the escape helicopters from being tilted forward while hovering.
Heist Changes
Touch the Sky
Prevented players from starting crouched when using the Window Cleaning Platform favor.
Delivery Charge
Fixed being able to throw bags out of bounds where the loot securing container appears.
Prevented being able to spawn 5 Wixia containers instead of 2 by activating favors in a particular order.
Another hotfix for PAYDAY 3 for Update 2.1.4. No downtime is required, simply update and play!
Changes
Removed placeholder icon that would occasionally show instead of the selected weapon icon, for certain players on PC
Preset weapons no longer show as their vanilla Level 1 equivalent
Fixed issue where certain preset weapons would not appear in the loadout
Today, we're releasing a hotfix for PAYDAY 3 to a couple of issues found since the release of Update 2.1.4. No downtime is required, simply update and play!
Changes
Fixed an issue with skill "Death Knell" crashing the game when hitting a drone in solo mode.
Fixed an issue of the sentry gun receiving fire rpc when it had been killed.
Today, we're releasing a hotfix for PAYDAY 3 to fix several issues found since the release of Update 2.1.2.
No downtime is required, simply update and play!
Changes
Fixed an issue with loadout naming that caused some users to not be able to log in.
Fix an issue with game invites that caused the invite to fail sometimes.
Fixed a set of crashes related to the Arges minigun.
Current Release
v1.0.0.0
Uploaded Jan 13, 2026
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How to Install
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